The New People’s Army’s Conrado Heredia Command in Southern Mindanao announced over the weekend that it has in its custody an Army sergeant whom it called a “prisoner of war.” It said it is going to investigate the soldier for possible “war crimes” and human-rights violations.
Moro group Suara Bangsamoro warned the Arroyo government on derailing its peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
This after reports that the military raided an alleged MILF safehouse in Midsayap, North Cotobato last May 4.
MANILA — Taking its cue from the results of an independent exit poll by a local Hong Kong paper, an alliance of organizations composed of OFWs and their families expressed confidence that the Gabriela Women?s Partylist will lead partylist elections among OFWs and their families.
The exit poll by The Sun was conducted among nearly 600 OFW voters outside the Bayanihan Center polling place on April 15 and 22, the first two Sundays of OAV voting.
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Alarmed over news reports from Bukidnon of a perceived lead by ?Hello, Garci? star, former Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano over 1st District Liberal Party candidate Malou Acosta, opposition stalwart Susan Roces has produced a video endorsing Acosta as the candidate to send to Congress.
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MAASIM, Sarangani Province — In celebration of the Ocean Month, USAID?s Philippine Environmental Governance (EcoGov) Project–implemented with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)–in partnership with the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas – Sargen Chapter (KBP – Sargen), and the local government unit (LGU) of Maasim planted more than 200 seedlings of bakhaw (Rhizophora mucronata, Rhizophora apiculata, and Rhizophora stylosa) in Sitio Asnalang, Brgy. Tinoto, Maasim, Sarangani Province last May 3, 2007.